A new round of community gatherings are planned through August for a group looking at improving East Alabama's quality of life.

Clear 2030, a project of the East Alabama Partnership for Livable Communities, a
nonprofit group, is putting together a livability plan for 10 counties
in East Alabama. Part of putting together the plan is talking to people
in the counties -- Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa,
Etowah,
Randolph, Talladega and Tallapoosa.

Clear stands for Community Livability for the East Alabama Region,
while 2030 is the target year for the plan, which hopes to improve
quality of life for the region through more cooperation between the
counties and their communities.